“Now," said Brandons low, cold voice. "Lets not be rude eve.”

“Run first,' Shane said. 'Mourn later.'It was the perfect motto for Morganville.”

“You're still here. No beer. I'm not corrupting a minor." a minor," she pointed out. "At least for beer.""Yeah, and by the way, how much does it suck that I'm an adult if I kill somebody, and I'm no...”

“That's kind of a leap, but the Russian judge gave you a nine point five for style, so okay.”

“Damn, Claire. Warn a guy before you do a face-plant on the floor next time. I could have looked all heroic and caught you or something -Shane”

“Scoot over, man. I don't like you that much." "Dick. That's not what you said last night.""Bite me.”

“Promise me youll marry me. Not now. Someday. Because I need to know.Claire felt a flutter inside, like a bird trying to fly, and a rush of heat that made her dizzy. And something else, something fr...”

“[Myrnin to Claire about their costumes of Pierrot and Harlequin, respectively]"Don't they teach you anything in your schools?".""Pity. I suppose that's what comes of your main education flowing fro...”

“She came awake, stomach rumbling, and opened her eyes to see a plate being held right under her nose. When she reached for it, Shane snatched it back. 'Nuh-uh. Mine.''Share!' she demanded.'Man, you...”

“I think of you only twice a day - when I am alone and when I am with someone else.”

“Yet I cant bring myself to derail from her nor can I reject what I feel in the most primitive parts of me: hope. Because thats what I feel with her, hope that the world can get better. Hope that a ...”

“A flirtatious soul misses the point of intimate trust relations.”

“Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that youve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you sa...”

“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”

“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there i...”